The Bebop Major Scale is a modified version of the regular major scale, with an added b6th scale degree. Learn how to harmonise this scale.
Coltrane changes (sometimes also termed the Coltrane matrix or cycle) refer to a progression of substitute chords employed by the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.
If you are studying jazz music, one of the most valuable exercises you can undertake in learning the language of jazz, is to transcribe another musician’s playing.
This composition features John McLaughlin playing double tracked acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, with multiple meter changes and offers a rich harmonic and rhythmic background for the melody played by both McLaughlin and violinist L.Shankar.
This short lesson is all about learning how to subdivide specific rhythms against a single beat (in this case a quarter note) Learning how to play these rhythms is essential practice for all musicians.
This composition features John McLaughlin playing double tracked acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, with multiple meter changes and offers a rich harmonic and rhythmic background for the melody played by both McLaughlin and violinist L.Shankar.
In this lesson I’m going to suggest an approach to arpeggio note combinations (the four note melodic cells) that I have found very helpful in my own practice.
